Basic Learning Skills Training

Writing Skills Assessment

Exercise 5 - Spelling Part 2

Directions: Identify the incomplete word in each sentence based on the letters given and the clue provided. Rewrite the whole sentence using the word correctly spelled. Do not use a word given in the clue.

Example: The recruits opened t_____r books. (meaning belonging to them)

Incorrect: The recruits opened there books.Correct: The recruits opened their books.

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1. The suspect was asked to w_____e her rights. (meaning give up)*

2. The wife took two k_____s from the kitchen. (meaning sharp cutting utensils)*

3. Today the mayor picked up a p_____e of paper. (meaning a sheet)*

4. The shoplifter's story did not make s_____e. (that is, was not reasonable)*

5. His w_____t can be up to 200 lbs. (meaning a measurement made on a scale)*

6. We are p_____g a retirement party. (that is, making arrangements for)*

7. The smoke coming out of the car had a f_____r smell to the officer. (meaning well-known)*

8. Mr. Patterson r_____d a call from his sister. (that is, she called him on the telephone)*

9. The c_____f spoke to the officers. (meaning the executive officer of the department)*

10. He was e_____d by the other officer's behavior. (meaning personally ashamed or distressed)*

11. It is i_____l to march in the park. (meaning against the law)*

12. The board p_____d the inmate. (meaning released from prison with supervision)*

13. The suspect d_____d having any knowledge of the case. (that is, said she had none)*

14. She started the a_____t with me. (meaning a verbal dispute)*

15. Detective Ray c_____d the suspect into confessing. (that is, forced him to give it against his will)*

16. All of the officers had been as_____d. (meaning attacked)*

17. The body was a sickly blue-green under the f_____t lights. (that is, a tube of glowing gas)*

18. He presented a drivers' license from a f_____n country. (meaning other than our country)*

19. The children were d_____y taken from their front yards. (meaning certainly)*

20. How could she simply d_____r? (meaning suddenly be gone)*

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